Slow Flowers Podcast

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Episode 704: Sweet Pea School with Marryn Mathis of The Farmhouse Flower Farm
https://youtu.be/xuhf4DJpX2o?si=wyTAMBP3B1B8qw9t Take a deep breath and inhale the intoxicating fragrance of a sweet pea. Who wouldnt want to grow this stunning annual flower beloved for its dr
Episode 703: The New Art of Paper Flowers with Quynh Nguyen of Pink & Posey
https://youtu.be/Qr-Di1slgMQ?si=sHuKvg69KD_g4MIf Join Quynh Nguyen, the paper artist behind Pink and Posey, as she shares her decade-long journey in paper artistry, from crafting her first floral
Episode 702: Sustainable Floral Design and its History, with Per Benjamin – author, World Cup Winner, and florist for the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies
https://youtu.be/xo0eJsPkCKQ?si=JQMfrx44CujdC8ys Last weekend I was invited to Vancouver, British Columbia, where two floral luminaries, Hitomi Gilliam and Per Benjamin, were teaching an in-person
Episode 701: Meet Mother-Daughter Duo Kim Urso and Kylie Pack of Yellow Petal Farm, Nevada’s Small-Business Agriculture Award Recipients for 2024
https://youtu.be/7SxS3vDHrQo?si=EkE5x41RdrS5V0qn Showcasing floral agriculture as a valuable farm crop in an area surrounded by ranches and alfalfa farms, Kim and Kylie operate Yellow Petal Flower
Episode 700: How Sue Dykstra and Kelly Lewis of Michigan’s Creekside Growers transitioned a 25-year-old retail plant nursery into a cut flower farm with year-round production
https://youtu.be/cHpC0UiCDzA?si=fdpuerpqG-mQ63Xk Experienced plantswoman Sue Dykstra has operated nurseries for decades. She opened Creekside Growers in 2001, expanding the Middleville, Michigan b
Episode 699: Building a Flower Farm Centered Around Floral Tourism with Misty Vanderweele of All Dahlia’d Up Flower Farm in Palmer, Alaska
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czmwuwa6XG4&feature=youtu.be Yes, you can grow gorgeous cut flowers in Alaska. Just ask Misty Vanderweele, anAlaska native who founded All Dahliad Up in 2013, a bo
Episode 698: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckPGJ2K-PVQ This year, in recognition of Slow Flowers' annual focus on changing cultural and creative shifts in the floral industry, our Forecast hones in on seven
Episode 697: Best of 2024 (Encore) Secrets of a Sustainable Wedding Florist with Jessica Stewart of Pittsburgh’s Bramble & Blossom
https://youtu.be/yOLV0XJX1ic?si=3ZxsB3shtvPOrquK Jessica Stewart of Bramble & Blossom Happy New Year! Weve pulled one of our most popular episodes of 2024 to share with you today and I know it
Episode 696: Our 2024 Year in Review for Slow Flowers Society with Debra Prinzing
https://youtu.be/KzWJQWxQIkE?si=odYVvhdRI_2Z5hn7 For the past decade, I have kept an important annual ritual. Before I turn the calendar page to the New Year, I take time at the end of December to
Episode 695 – New Cut Flower Seeds for 2025 + Flower Breeding News with Hillary Alger, Joy Longfellow, and Lindsay Wyatt of Johnny’s Selected Seeds
https://youtu.be/9bau3g6_h6A?si=a70BbD2OFYpQmrrW Back by popular demand, we're hosting Johnny's Seeds' floral experts,Joy LongfellowandHillary Alger, who will introduce some ofJohnny's Selecte